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Automatic Face Rigging
The Facial Rig On Demand service automatically generates FACS-based facial rigging with up to 236 blendshapes. It is adapted to specific topologies and morphologies of any 3D characters, whether these are scanned heads, photorealistic models or cartoonish characters.
Deliverable 3D Formats
Polywink offers three deliverable formats:
Facial Rig on Demand is a service which automatically creates a high quality FACS face rig for Maya. It is fully automatic, contrary to semi-automatic rigging (often called auto rigging) tools which must be manually set up. Thanks to this powerful service, receive a complete rig with a single click!
Our service will fit in your pipeline whether you are working on precomp 3D animation, real-time or interactive cross-platform applications. It is also compatible with any animation approach (keyframes, performance capture, motion capture, video-tracking etc.) and facial tracking & retargeting professional softwares (Performer, Faceware...)
Facial Rig on Demand works for any type of 3D character regardless of its morphology, whether it’s a scanned head, a photorealistic head model or a cartoonish character. It preserves the user's topology and fits perfectly within any 3D pipeline.
Our FACS blendshapes are directly issued from the analysis of scanned expressions, covering the full spectrum of facial muscular deformations, visemes and emotions, and guaranteeing consistent geometric displacements without any skin sliding effects.
Our controllers can handle a great deal of fine-tuning. You're free to adjust the expressions on the blendshape nodes, on the mapped controllers or on the bones driving separated elements.
Delivered face expressions are perfectly adapted to the specific topology and UV of your 3D model. Facial Rig on Demand can be included directly into your character pipeline and won't require any further adjustment on your end.
You can now easily share high-quality facial expression between large numbers of 3D characters, allowing you to use a wide range of 3D facial animations without any manual intervention!
All you have to do is purchase this service and upload your 3D model. You will then automatically get it back within 24 hours fully rigged, with the complete set of blendshapes, directly transferred onto your mesh and perfectly adapted to the morphology of your character.
The standard package is a Maya scene which contains our FACS face rig along with 236 blendshapes across a wide range of facial expressions.
The Maya rig is delivered as a MB scene by default.
By choosing the "Maya + FBX export", you receive the rig for Maya but also a FBX export whoses blendshapes combines all heads elements ( face, eyes balls, eyelashes, gums, teeth, tongue) empowering you to drive your animation in Unity or Unreal without the Maya rig's controllers.
A 3D head model with a neutral pose (eyes open and mouth shut) and two additional elements: eyes and inner mouth (teeth, gum, tongue). If you want to send a full body character, please contact us in advance so that we can ensure that everything is compatible.
Different geometries should not be combined in one mesh.
Automatic Face Rigging
The Facial Rig On Demand service automatically generates FACS-based facial rigging with up to 236 blendshapes. It is adapted to specific topologies and morphologies of any 3D characters, whether these are scanned heads, photorealistic models or cartoonish characters.
Deliverable 3D Formats
Polywink offers three deliverable formats:
